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Last Updated: Thursday, 12 February, 2004, 16:58 GMT
Pearson on song for England
Tour match, Port Elizabeth: England Women 207-6 (50 overs) beat Western Province/Boland Invitation XI 53 (46.5 overs) by 154 runs
Lucy Pearson
Pearson claimed four early wickets to leave the home batting in tatters

England Women continued their winning start on tour in South Africa with a 154-run victory over a joint provinces side in Port Elizabeth.

Lucy Pearson claimed 4-10 as the Western Province/Boland Invitation side were bowled out for 53 in 46.5 overs.

Spinners Helen Wardlaw and Clare Connor shared five more wickets, with the best score in the home innings just 19.

Earlier, opener Charlotte Edwards hit 44 and there was a brisk 33 from Jane Smit as the tourists totalled 207-6.

Connor's side play a further warm-up match, against an Eastern Province Invitation XI on Saturday, before Sunday's first one-day international at St George's Park.


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